The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.